The National tribune., 1887-09-01
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Personal.

PERSONAL.
w. o. Ensign, Rutland ILL.,. enlisted in 1861
at Cleveland. o., in the 18th Ohio battery, Capt.
Burrows. He would like TO hear from the
comrade who kindly assisted him into the am
bulance while in the field and thus enabled
him to reach home.
w. s. Faulkner. 4ith N. Y, and First Lieu
tenant. 18th U. ). q. T., says he enlisted ia Au-
gust, 1851, in Co. G, 4ith N. Y, and served
continuously until Feb. 10, 1867, which he
thinks is the longest time in the volunteer
service. He beats Comrade Duncan six months
aud Comrade Salisbury, Co. 4, LIST Neb., five
months.
George Wilding. Co. I, LIST Wis. Cav, Neills-
vile, Wis.,, pays a high compliment to Col.
Harndon, LIST Wis. Cav. He says the men had
the utmost confidence in him, and were always
ready to follow him anywhere.
L.. Z. Sherman, Chenoa Colo, writes that the
family or friends of John Merrill. Co. A, 9th
VT, who died at the u. s. General Hospital,
Hampton, Va, Nov. z, 1864, may hear OF some
thing to their advantage by addressing him.
w. T. u" Deepwater, Mo-. thinks it would
please the soldiers to see the name of Roscoe
Conkling at the head of the Presidential ticket
next year.
Thomas W. McClelland, Co. K, I'd W. Va,
Union Mills, w. Va, regrets seeing SO much
controversy and contradiction in the letters
from the comrades. He has seen very little in
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE regarding his regi-
ment. and would be glad if the boys would
wake up.
Charles b. Withrow, Co. E, I'd Colo, Normal,
ILL.,. says he was wounded at Honey Springs
July IL, 1863, the ball striking him below tine
chin, laying bare the windpipe and grazing the
Jawbone. Ever since that time he has been
more or less out of his mind, and has been four
different times confined IN asylums. Some
months ago his reason became partly restored,
aud he determined to apply for a pension, his
mental condition having prevented him from
doing so before. lie had lost the addresses of
all his former friends, and had even forgotten
the names OF his most intimate comrades lie
wrote TO DIR. Forward, who dressed his wound,
but the Doctor had forgotten the individual cir
eumstances and he is therefore unable to Sc
cure proof he needs lie would be very glad
to have the addresses of any of his comrades of
10. u. I'd Colo, and afterwards Co. Z, I'd Colo.
Cav. to assist him in securing pension.
George w. Palmer, Hicksvile. o., says he is
greatly disabled from gunshOt wound in the
leg. The knee was shattered, and for many
years after the war the wound continued TO
throw oil fragments of bone resulting in the
shortening of the limb three inches, and blood
poisoning, which has given him great trouble.
lie has been unable to secure an increase of
pension, and feels that he has been unjustly
treated.
X. A. Houston. Co. b, 18th Mo-, Southwest
City. 3lo, would be very glad to hear some
thing from the members of his regiment. The
writer says that in January, 1865. when Gen.
Blunt attacked the rebels under Hindman at
Van Buren,, Ark, the writer, being 10 years old.
lived a few miles from that place. Capt. Trevis
and man named Williams were badly wound
ed and left on the field. The writer removed
them to his house, where Capt. Trevis died.
For this act of kindness to Union soldiers
he was driven from home by his Confederate
neighbors, and enlisted in the Ash Mo. The
comrade Is Informed that Col. w. III. Bodgett
Is General Solicitor for the Wabash Western
railway with office in St. Louis.
NJ. ). Baker. Co. ID. 18th Mich. Cav, Williams
ton, Mich, sends brief sketch of his expert
eDces in the Sultana disaster.
Geo. l.. Clark. Co. Z, ll4th ILL.,, residence not
given,) says that Comrade Laeock was right
In regard to the llIth at Guntown. The writer
says that part of that regiment was the last to
leave the field. He would be glad to hear from
some OF his old comrades, especially COrpl John
Taft, of Co. Z, who saved him from being cap
tured during the retreat from Guntown. he
plying to an inquiry, he says that Healy was
the name of the Colonel of the 5Sth ILL., in lS65
John W. Gufiey, Coffeyville, Kan, invites
correspondence from any of the heirs to the
Mosher estate in England.
information asked and Given.
j. Gregg. Co. a, 9th ILL.,, says his address is
Willis, Brown Co., Kan, this having been
asked for by comrade in a recent issue.
VIM. Harry, Rapids. n. Y, replying to the
inquiry for Mary L. Warren, sister of n. Y.
Warren. Co |, 9th n. Y, says her address was
Batavia, y. Y, short time ago.
Moses Rees. Co. l, 2lst ILL.,, Galena, Ill., says
that about April =, 1885, while detachment
OF recruits tor the 18th and 9th Ill. Cav was
being taken to the front from Camp Butler ILL.,,
one of the recruits named Moses II. Meeker,
died on the ears between Decatur aud Cairo,
Ill. He Was among strangers, and scarcely any
OF his comrades even knew his name or where
he was from. The writer would be very glad
to hear from anyone who knows the circum-
stances. and il possible from the officer who
was in charge of the detachment.
Samuel Dickey. Commander of FarnswOrth
Post. No. SIS, Evanston. Wyo.. says that Fred
erick Rudolph. an old soldier. was killed at
that place July "a in a railway accident
Among his eff, cts was a certificate of discharge
from Co. III, 9th n. Y, enlisted Aug. II, lSti2,
at New York city, and honorably discharged
June %, ISIS. at Halls Hill, Va. The writer
desires the address of his relatives. Ii is I'M
derstoOd that his mother and sister live in
New York city.
q. l.. Laser Superintendent Williams County
lnfrmary, Pulaski. o., says there is transient
inmate of that institution who has lost his
mind. He sometimes calls himself Henry
N'Nii anu a-ath lie Cidlilo TO
have been in the army. and the writer has no
doubt that this is true, he is familiar with
army calls, etc. He cannot tell in what city
he lived or in what regiment he served. but
says his Captains name was Geary. The
writer thinks he belonged to either Michigan
or Ohio. Anyone knowing anything of such
person is requested to communicate with the
rs above.
Mrs. Mary Dgnon, 100 West Sixth street.
Dies MOines. Iowa, says that her husband Pat
rick DignOn, and son James enlisted at Galena.
Ill, and she would DO very glad to learn the
company and regiment To which each be-
ionged. The son never returned aud her hus-
band has been dead ID years. She will be very
If some of their comrades will assist
her in the matter.
Fred. w. Sphinx, 14S Mill street, Chicago, ILL.,.
Is anxious TO find the whereabouts if living. of
J. Lynch. formerly Of Erie. Pa, and in 1864
Captain of the foretop OF the sloop of war
Brooklyn. If dead, the writer would be glad
to hear from some member of his family.
When last heard from he had moved from Roy
bury, Pa, to New York City, and Capt Lynch
was expected home from voyage to Australia
This was IN 1854.
Lost and Found.
p. j. Mclaughlin. Saginaw City, Mich. has
a corps badge in the shape of clover leaf. en-
grayed Jose Santar, Co. T., 39th ". Y YOl.D
The owner can have it by addressing him.
Philip Morse, Council Grove. Kan, has the |
of Myron Bowen. drummer in Co